•-Recently there has been some conversation going on in the papers about yoga and the Christian faith. I am sure this has been stirred up by the visit of Baba Ramdev. The truth is yoga is not so much about health as much as it is about spiritism. I have seen that some yoga practitioners even quoted Scriptures. I will not call them Christian or believers of Christ. One wrote of the divine and spiritual experience he got through yoga. That spirit is definitely not of God. The Bible never said the Spirit of God will come through yoga practice or any other similar form of activity. There are so many spirits in the world. But there is only one Holy Spirit who is the Spirit of God. The Holy Spirit can come only through Jesus the Son of God. In our church we gave a clear cut advisory saying yoga is against the doctrines of Christ. We are an independent non-denominational church. We strongly urge every other church to take up responsibility and enlighten its congregation on the subject.
Spirit Word Christian Center, Kohima
